THE BLACK BOX

The black box is Crowell's life skills term for depression. When defeating the dreaded enemy, the silent stalker called depression requires both accurate diagnosis and prognosis. Sir Winston Churchill spoke of the black box as a metaphor for his...

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FEAR FACTOR, Part 2

If the word "fear" is found at least 80 places in the Bible, I tend to believe God knew the FEAR FACTOR was part of our human nature. His Word shows He cares about every detail of our lives, even when...

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DIAGNOSIS – Ask WHAT not WHY

The first step in problem-solving. Unless you can diagnose the problem it is impossible to fix the problem. Anyone who has an undiagnosed problem whether it be medical, auto, people, being lost, etc, faces frustration, confusion, and often anger....

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BROKEN BUT NOT BEATEN

A business partner emailed me this week with these words, "You could never fail me--you have already won." Of course, this was music to my ears and joy to my heart.  My response was, "So happy to hear these words because I...

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TIME, MONEY, ENERGY

It costs so little to be NICE. Few things in life are more fun and fascinating to me than people. From my earliest days in coaching basketball, motivation has been of keen interest to me. The late Dr. Howard Hendricks...

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START STOP RULE

Chances are if you tell someone to stop doing something, there will be an instinctive resistance. By nature, we resist correction and do not like to be told "No."  True? Have you noticed this even in a young baby? Think...

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TRAIN CHILDREN TO WIN

The idea of teaching - coaching a child to win hit me like a ton of bricks.  As a general rule parents are not teaching their children to win. Teachers are not teaching their students to win. Coaches are...

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